seanessay.com Flying to London, I met an artist. Not on the plane, at the airport. A “young man from a farm” who is a singer-songwriter, who posted his songs on various social media, media whose names I can’t even remember—I’m too old to go there. His international audience likes his pieces about the humour in […]
Passing Milestone 150 amidst Orcs and social media
seanessay.com I’ve driven well past my 150 milestone of blog posts, a white stone that was supposed to signal a “checkpoint time” to see how I was doing. My new goal has been to reduce my number of posts so as to focus on writing fiction instead— as I told my writer’s support group. That […]
Grim Truth of Civilian War Guilt
seanessay.com “All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” I wish I understood some psychology about the leaders in the two biggest countries in Europe. (For one thing, I might apply this to certain city police forces, back in the States) Like everyone else, I have been baffled, […]
Pronouncing Iran, and Other Letters
seanessay.com Yesterday I wrote three letters, two to a newspaper, one to a radio station. Context: Iran is in the news. Meanwhile, in my province (state) the conservatives, in power forever, suffered a four year loss to the “socialist” New Democratic Party. (NDP) Now the conservatives have been back in power for under four years. […]
Angry At Apple
seanessay.com I’m not angry with Apple, any more that I’d fight with the Russians in Ukraine. But I’d fight against the Russians, and I’m feeling angry at Apple. I was at the Apple Store, in the “mall,” in the late afternoon today. (Called “Chinook Centre”) It’s Tuesday. I knew from my recent visit that you […]
Making a Difference the Long Hard Way
seanessay.com Two posts ago I was remembering a prime minister’s plan for controlling “wages and prices.” Now I am again feeling middle aged. Down the decades, I have seen how individual writers, on the New York Times bestseller list, can indeed make a difference; it just it takes a while to impact the culture. It […]